Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday December 3, 1887 THE HIGH BRIDGE CELEBRATION How it and Dubuque Appeared to an Outsider. Independence Bulletin: A representative of the Bulletin was in Dubuque last Tuesday, and witnessed the celebration of the completion of the high wagon bridge which spans the Mississippi at that point, and gives easy and […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday November 19, 1887 The High Bridge Jubilee. All the preparations for the High Bridge celebration arc going on successfully. The various committees are attending to their respective duties to make the celebration a good and joyful occasion. Hon. J. K. Graves has been selected as president of the day and […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday November 5, 1887 The High Bridge Connected. Dubuque is now permanently connected with her friends across the river in Illinois and Wisconsin. The two parts of the big cantilever span of the High Bridge have been joined over the mid-channel, and away up in the air, eighty or ninety feet above […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday May 26, 1886 THE BRIDGES. The Condition in Which the Railroad—Wagon, and Pontoon Bridges Are. A Wide Gap that is Not Likely to Be Narrowed. Just at this time the citizens of Dubuque are anxiously awaiting developments in the railroad-wagon-pontoon matter now prominently before the public, and knowing that the readers […]